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Daytona Beach mayor's plan to bring back LSO to make up $1.5 million deficit at Daytona State College delusional

NSBNews.net photo / Deposed Daytona State College President Kent Sharples gives the thumbs up Nov. 18, after a separation-retirement agreement is announced by board Chairman John Tanner, shown here at left.

Daytona State College is in a world of hurt over $1.5 million taxpayer dollars used to pay the bills the Community Cultural Foundation incurred last summer when planned concerts failed to generate either public interest or money from ticket sales. Mayor Glen Ritchey's plan to bring back the LSO as a remedy is nothing short of a delusion.

Manager of Desert Inn in Daytona Beach pleads guilty in federal court to videotaping 13-year-old boy engaged in lewd sex acts

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Courtesy photo / Dennis Devlin (shown in the larger photo)  faces at least 15 years in federal prison for aiding and abetting Michael Ehman, 20, involving sexual exploitation of a minor while he was managing the Desert Inn in Daytona Beach where the lewd acts took place in front of a video camera.

DAYTONA BEACH -- The Manager of the Desert Inn pleaded guilty in federal court to child sex exploitation charges for activities involving lewd acts with a 13-year-old boy at the beachside hotel.

Volusia Sheriff's Office: Deltona man, 19, arrested on charges he followed a 14 year-old girl and solicited her for sex

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Courtesy photo / Krirtophe Gonsaves allegedly stared down a 14-year-old girl and then fled in his van after she rejected his request for sex, which led to his arrest Thursday, Sheriff's officials said.

DELTONA -- Volusia County Sheriff's investigators arrested a Deltona man this afternoon after he was accused of following a 14-year-old girl and propositioning her for sex.

Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach designates May 1-7 ‘Drinking Water Week'

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Courtesy photo /A weeklong celebration of drinking water by the Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach next month includes a bus tour of its facilities.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach, in conjunction with the American Water Works Association, welcomes "Drinking Water Week 2011," an annual celebration of our most precious natural resource.

Oak Hill mayor Darla Lauer resigns; moving to Alaska

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Courtesy photo / Mayor Darla Lauer, in a running battle with embattled Police Chief Diane Young, an admitted cocaine user whom the mayor didn't want on the force to begin with, stepped down Wednesday as the city's first publicly-elected mayor.

OAK HILL -- In this small riverfront city beset by corruption in the police force and recent revelations that its clerk/administrator was convicted of DUI before taking the job, Mayor Darla Lauer abruptly resigned today.

Utlities Commission of New Smyrna Beach receives safety achievement award

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has received a safety award from the Florida Municipal Electric Association  for its continued commitment to safe work practices during the past year.

We should not expect more from Obama than to punt and vote in droves in 2012 Stan Escudero Wed, 04/20/2011 - 00:02

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- I remember well how things were in 1991. The USSR imploded and the United States was on top of the world.

New Smyrna Beach Utilities Commission announces new electric rebates for small commercial customers

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Utilities Commission of New Smyrna Beach has introduced new electric rebates for small commercial customers.

New Smyrna Beach cops: Accused killer Henry Wheeler beaten up in beachside bar

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Courtesy photo /What career criminal and accused killer Henry Ford Wheeler was doing in a bar that led to him getting beaten up overnight Sunday is a police mystery.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Once again, Henry Ford Wheeler found trouble or maybe this time trouble found him: He was beaten up overnight Sunday at a beachside bar, but police were sketchy on details.

Nancy Pelosi's liberal agenda not the recipe for strengthening our country at home and abroad

“The fact is, elections shouldn’t matter as much as they do.” It’s disconcerting to see this statement by a member of the U.S. House in light of the uproar going on in the Middle Eastern countries.  Not just any member, mind you, but the Democtrats' leading voice on Capitol Hill, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.